Help with New Build Bathroom Design
We are drawing up plans for our new farmhouse. The upstairs has 2 bedrooms and a bathroom for our 2 daughters. Ages 13 and 10. There is plenty of space. But my husband and I have different opinions on how 2 girls will use a bathroom and how to plan it accordingly. One of us thinks counter space is a priority for makeup and hair accessories. The other values 2 sinks above counter space.
We drew up two options but need some feedback. Any thoughts on how 2 girls will use a bathroom? Or perhaps there’s another option altogether? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Comments (16)
cd7733
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI vote for 2 sinks, less counter.
As a teen, I did my hair and makeup in my room vs the shared bathroom (younger brothers). My friends with sisters valued their own sink or wished for one. The ones who had to share a sink butted heads in the morning and evening while brushing teeth or washing their face (also fought over who was to blame for the toothpaste/mess in the sink, lol).
In our last house, our master was too small to do my hair and makeup. I used my side of the 7' vanity and had a handy silicone roll up dish rack that I'd place over my sink. It created more counter-space and was the perfect space to set my hot flat/curling iron without damaging the counter.
https://www.amazon.com/Roll-Dish-Drying-Rack-Kitchen/dp/B08818RPPM/
bpath
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (24)Many thanks to everybody who answered, you have all been very helpful in clarifying my very muddled thoughts. Here is a hopefully clearer description of the situation: The house is a 50's ranch style, with 3 bedrooms and a hall bath (4.5x8.5 ft) clustered on one side of the house, and the kitchen, office/den and another hall bath (4x9 ft) on the other side of the house, with a great room in the middle. We plan to stay in this house as long as we can, but we are in this city for my husband's work, and if something happens (although unlikely with his kind of job), we know we'll have to move somewhere else; therefore, we'd like to make updates to the house while keeping resale in mind. Our (excellent) realtor said that for resale we should have an ensuite. After reading the comments, I have to clarify with him if he thinks a lack of ensuite will narrow down the market significantly, or if we 'simply' would not get the best price for the house. Most houses in the area are old (in the whole city actually), and we saw plenty without ensuites. We saw two of the neighbors' houses, and they did not have ensuites. This is what we considered: 1. Redo the bathrooms with the existing footprint (not that we have room to change anything inside), but we can go far into making them pretty, 2. Add a door from the master bedroom to the hall bath next to it, and close access from the hall. This I think would be a bad idea, not only because the people in the other two bedrooms will have to go across the house to the other bathroom, but also because the master bedroom will end up with windows on two walls, three closets on another, and two doors on the fourth side. Not restful. 3. Add another bathroom next to the master bedroom where the closets are, with one closet door transformed into a bathroom door. This bathroom would be 4.5x12 ft, although it could go to 5x12 if need be (but no more, because we'll hit a big window), which will have a shower but no bathtub. We talked to a professional who said it will fit fine with the caveat that the toilet will likely be the first thing you see in front of the door because of the current clearance requirements. 4. Build an addition. This again I think would be a very bad idea, since it would be blindingly expensive and the house is already on the higher side of square footage for the surrounding area. We will of course fix everything that is broken. The interior doors are the original 50s doors, hollow core dark wood look with lots of scuffs and holes, and they were cut short to fit the now non-existent carpet, so I would qualify changing them as fixing what is broken (and they bug me every time I look at them... ). The windows are a perk; we are still divided on those. I tend toward option 1, while my husband is going for option 3, although he agrees we do not need another bathroom. The reason I feel ill equipped to make this decision is that I'm originally from Europe, and even after so many years here I feel mildly perplexed about the North American love affair with bathrooms. Our previous rental was built in the last ten years and had a huge ensuite which I didn't like. I found it hard to keep as clean as I thought it should be, and it was so large I felt as if I was doing my business in public. Given the bathroom pictures on Houzz, I'm clearly in a minority. Your comments help ensure that I don't miss anything that might otherwise be obvious, so thanks again. And extra thanks to whoever makes it to the end of this post......See MoreBathroom design help! New construction and I just dont like it.
Comments (20)IMO oil rubbed bronze and gray don't look good together. Nor ORB with brushed nickel or chrome. But if you want a dark metal somewhere (such as the lights, or metal on wooden shelves), then maybe use matte black. I think that looks good with chrome. We put a stained alder linen cabinet and some stained shelves in our white and gray bathroom and I like it. We have wood floors, but lighter than your floors. On the white vanity there are chrome pulls, knobs, faucets, we have chrome shower fixtures; but on the stained cabinet there are matte black knobs and pulls, and the light has black as the metal finish. If you want wood somewhere you can do that with a vanity tray, your waste bin, framed art or a framed mirror. I presume there will be a shower curtain, so you won't see the shower fixture anyway. I used SW "crushed ice" as my light gray wall paint because all the other grays were too dark for the space. Crushed ice is in their white collection, but it worked....See MoreBathroom Design--walk-in closet in bathroom
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PROSabrina Alfin Interiors
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoI'm not a fan of the L-shaped layout for the vanity and cabinets.
Here are two different bath projects we did for girls of similar ages. We used two sinks in both with plenty of storage in the vanities for personal supplies and hair appliances with built in outlets in the drawers.
Pacific Heights Renovation: Girls' Bath · More Info
Teen Girls' Bath Project · More Info
The top photo also includes recessed medicine cabinets for even more storage.
just_janni
3 years ago
acm
3 years ago
jkent9024
3 years ago
PROMark Bischak, Architect
3 years agoIf you are that concerned, give them each their own bathroom and they can use them any way they want.
anj_p
3 years agochicagoans
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago
tfitz1006
3 years agoM D
3 years agobpath
3 years ago
Lindsey_CA
3 years agoLindsey_CA
3 years ago
One Devoted Dame
3 years agoIf you are able to rotate your layout, you could have your cake and eat it. Two sinks, more counter top.
I like Miss Karen's idea, and thought of something similar, myself.
This was my first thought, before I saw Karen's idea:
Orange lines are windows; orange triangles are doors. :-) Scale may be a little off (I think I made the vanity too deep, lol), but this illustrates the basic concept.
Karenseb